dogtrot

[dawg-trot, dog-]

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noun

a gentle trot, like that of a dog.
South Midland and Southern U.S. a covered passage or porch linking two parts of a house; breezeway.

verb (used without object), dog·trot·ted, dog·trot·ting.

to go or move at a gentle trot or a dogtrot.

Origin of dogtrot

First recorded in 1655–65; dog + trot¹

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Related Words for dogtrot

dash, sprint, amble, lope, trot, pace, canter, dogtrot

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Historical Examples of dogtrot

To conserve his strength and wind he kept his pace to a dogtrot.
The Golden Skull
John Blaine
Brown saluted the second time, and started off at a dogtrot.
A Volunteer with Pike
Robert Ames Bennet
And away they hurried, most of them at a dogtrot, to wash themselves in the river.
The Bontoc Igorot
Albert Ernest Jenks
John continued on a dogtrot towards home, and a moment later was pestering Mrs. Fletcher at her work in the kitchen.
A Son of the City
Herman Gastrell Seely
(Fannie was evidently referring to the breezeway or dogtrot, down the middle of many small plantation houses).
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Work Projects Administration

British Dictionary definitions for dogtrot

dogtrot

noun

a gently paced trot

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